Ballsiest fight acceptance of all time?

[wildchild88]

I would have to go with Sakuraba and Cro Cop.

A natural WW accepting a fight with the most feared HW striker in the history of the sport at that time.. maybe all time.

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

Wand fighting a 300lb Hunt on a day's notice is up there

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

Yatsu vs Goodridge II

 

[BjPenn2017]

Penn vs Machida at HW has gotta be up there

 

[West_Hammer]

I don’t know about ballsiest of all time, but Chris Leben taking a fight against Sexyama 2 weeks after he already fought was pretty ballsy.

 

[puppybird]

Conor vs Floyd

 

[Gambit MMA]

I don’t know about ballsiest of all time, but Chris Leben taking a fight against Sexyama 2 weeks after he already fought was pretty ballsy.

that chris leben run was awesome as hell. dude as taking shit on 2 weeks notice and winning FOTY caliber fights. sucks he never got another crack at andy just for fun

 

[MMA fan93]

Bisping vs Gastelum just weeks after being knocked down and choked unconscious.

Benson vs Thatch.. moving up a weight class on short notice to take on a big lethal striker who was on a run at the time.

And even though i lost respect for the failed drug tests and childish excuses, Anderson Silva vs Cormier on like 2 days notice. Stepping up on a couple of days notice to take on the champion in the weight class above. Respect.

 

[Prutfis]

Wand - Hunt

 

[I_IZ_BACK]

Sakuraba fighting HW's and LHW's like it's nothing. Minowa also

 

[FireKidWS]

Anyone who accepts a fight against Platinum Mike

 

[AminoAcid]

Conor vs Floyd

I know you're trolling but

 

[Guile]

BJ vs Lyoto.. Lyoto already had wins over Stephan Bonnar and Rich Franklin who was 14-0 at the time Lyoto beat him

 

[Wise1]

just run through Bj/Silva/Conors resumes and pick one.

 

[CalvilloRay]

Conor-Diaz 1 is up there

For Conor to jump weight on 10 days notice against one of the most proven guys in the ufc, as delusional as it was “doesn’t matter who it is what weight” anything like that, still ballsy as fuck

 

[Bubblun]

Sonnen accepting to fight Jones on short notice.

Sonnen being in a heavyweight tournament in Bellator.

 

[Bacco]

 

[IloveTHIS]

Aldo defending against Conor

He postponed it as long as he could but finally maned up

 

[The Clark]

I think Sakuraba fighting Igor after just fighting Royce for 90 minutes is the absolute ballsiest to me.

 

[IloveTHIS]

On a serious note Rory asked to be put in the Bellator HW tournament. The guy is a savage gladiator to the core. I bet he would sign up to fight Stipe if given the chance